Mardi Gras Trivia Challenge: Advanced Level

The daughter of which late Mardi Gras Indian Big Chief co-founded the Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame, at the Oretha Castle Haley Elementary School?

George Landry

Ferdinand Bigard

Donald Harrison Sr.

Robert “Robbe” Lee

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How many weekdays do New Orleans children typically get off from school for the Mardi Gras holiday?

None

One

Two

Three

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For which New Orleans musician did the late Earl King write the anthem “Go to the Mardi Gras”?

Al “Carnival Time” Johnson

Professor Longhair

Art Neville

Dr. John

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Which of the following krewes has never paraded along Canal Street in Mid-City?

Pygmalion

Carrollton

Okeanos

Tucks

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Which of the following parading krewes has no king, no queen and no ball?

d'Etat

Sparta

Morpheus

Mid-City

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A 1989 ordinance prohibiting the tossing of critters from floats came about because float riders had thrown...

Nutria

Mice

Crawfish

Goldfish

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Which Zulu Float Character traditionally accessorizes his costume with a derby and a large cigar?

Mr. Big Stuff

Province Prince

Big Shot of Africa

Governor

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Which marching club used to appear in blackface but abandoned the custom at the outset of the civil rights movement?

Garden District Carnival Club

Corner Carnival Club

Jefferson City Buzzards

Lyons Carnival Club

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The late New Orleans Mayor Dutch Morial established the Mayor’s Mardi Gras Coordinating Committee in order to...

Improve the image of Mardi Gras

Promote Safety

Attract More Tourists

Crack Down on Creeping Commercialism in Parades

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In which krewe do candidates campaign to be king, in an election whose outcome is determined by a vote of the membership?

Zulu

Endymion

Alla

Rex

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Which krewe deploys a mule-drawn king’s float sporting a brass plaque inscribed with the names of all the kings who have ridden the float?

Hermes

Babylon

Thoth

Sparta

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Which of the following is not forbidden by Mardi Gras-related ordinances in the New Orleans city code?

Encouraging women to lift their shirts in exchange for throws

Bringing a reptile to a parade

Throwing condoms from a float

Displaying advertising messages on floats

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Who founded the New Orleans Mask Makers Guild and the Mardi Gras Mask Market?

Mike Stark

Chris Owens

George Schmidt

Jim Gibeault

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Which krewe owes its name to the horse that won the New Orleans Handicap at the Fair Grounds in 1963?

Alla

Morpheus

Orpheus

Endymion

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Which Bacchus signature float utilizes a prop originally designed by Blaine Kern for the Bridge Gate at the 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans?

Bacchagator

King Kong

Baccuwhoppa

Bacchusaurus

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What role did Boy Scouts play in the early Krewe of Mid-City parades?

Tending the mules used to pull the floats

Attending to court maids riding on floats

Powering animated props from inside the floats

Serving as pages to the king

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Where does the court of the Mistick Krewe of Comus watch the Rex parade?

Gallier Hall

Hotel Inter-Continental

Boston Club

Pickwick Club

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A huge semicircular fan of fantasia ostrich plumes is the trademark of the captain of which krewe?

Cleopatra

Iris

Muses

Nyx

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According to Carnival lore, from whence does Rex descend to reign over his annual pageant?

Mount Sinai

Mount Olympus

Mount Vesuvius

Mount Everest

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Which gay krewe annually selects a “debutramp” — the group’s most dedicated supporter during the year — from among its costumed performers?

Amon-Ra

Petronius

Armeinius

Satyricon

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Who dubbed Pete Fountain, the late jazz clarinetist and Fat Tuesday marching group legend, “The Prince of Mardi Gras”?

Marc Morial

Louis Armstrong

Rex

Blaine Kern

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Which of the following are you not likely to see in front of St. Louis Cathedral on Fat Tuesday?

Revelers Masquerading as Elvis

Fire-and-Brimstone Evangelists

Mardi Gras Indians

Neo-pagans

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What New Orleans artist has depicted notable scenes from Carnival history including works entitled “The Grand Duke Alexis at the Comus Parade in 1872,” “Louis Armstrong as King of the Zulu, 1949” and “The Great Ox of Carnival, Rex Parade, 1872”?

George Schmidt

Noel Rockmore

James Michalopoulos

Frenchy

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Which Carnival float builder became known for an innovation on the papier mâché technique called the “direct method,” whereby adhesive is applied directly to sheets of paper that, in turn, are manipulated into sculpture and armature?

Kern Studios

Royal Artists

Barth Brothers

Studio3

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“I thought I was in the middle of hell,” remarked which famous evangelist after visiting Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras?